Bachelor's · Cambridge, Massachusetts
Is English Language and Literature, General at Lesley University worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 16.3 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $53,985
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $135k (likely $135k – $184k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $11k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 16.3 years (likely 8.9–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$269k (likely −$382k – −$147k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$137k (likely −$318k – $86k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 42%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Lesley University
- Education, General (Doctoral)$107,723
- Fine and Studio Arts (Master's)$73,492
- Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies (Master's)$69,678
- Special Education and Teaching (Master's)$68,384
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's)$68,067
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$67,879
- Education, Other (Master's)$67,170
- Curriculum and Instruction (Master's)$66,404
- Education, General (Master's)$64,580
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (Master's)$60,700
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's)$58,844
- Psychology, General (Bachelor's)$56,837
English Language and Literature, General at other schools in Massachusetts
- College of the Holy Cross$74,214
- Boston College$70,141
- Tufts University$69,475
- Williams College$69,065
- Northeastern University$67,877
- Northeastern University Professional Programs$67,877
- Amherst College$65,195
- Brandeis University$62,291
- Assumption University$62,073
- Stonehill College$60,131